Meaning
to mess up, dabble
- To make a mess, botch, or bungle; to tamper clumsily with something.
- To eat junk food or snack haphazardly between meals.
In a sentence
Se continui a pasticciare con quel software, cancellerai tutti i file.
If you keep messing around with that software, you will delete all the files.
Non pasticciare prima di cena, altrimenti rovini l'appetito.
Don't snack on junk before dinner, otherwise you'll spoil your appetite.
Il tecnico ha pasticciato con i cavi e ora niente funziona a dovere.
The technician messed with the cables and now nothing works properly.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pasticciare | infinitive |
| pasticcio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| pasticci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pasticcia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pasticciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| pasticciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pasticciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pasticciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pasticciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pasticciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pasticciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pasticciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pasticciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pasticciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| pasticciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| pasticciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| pasticciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| pasticciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| pasticciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| pasticcerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| pasticcerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| pasticcerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| pasticceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| pasticcerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| pasticceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| pasticci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| pasticci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pasticci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pasticciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| pasticciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pasticcino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pasticciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pasticciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pasticciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pasticciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pasticciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pasticciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pasticcerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| pasticceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pasticcerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pasticceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| pasticcereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pasticcerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pasticcia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| pasticciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| pasticciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| pasticciando | gerund |
| pasticciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' as auxiliary.
- Often used colloquially with 'con' ('pasticciare con il computer' = to fiddle with the computer).